tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219784767634042602024-03-19T00:44:22.391-04:00The Heart of LoveThe Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-68696660017765918172014-05-06T21:01:00.004-04:002014-05-06T21:01:54.121-04:00 I have a new bog at http://gailheartoflove.wordpress.com/. I hope you will join me there. <br />
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Love, GailThe Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-9432840624004841552013-05-14T10:22:00.004-04:002013-05-14T10:22:39.763-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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would travel the world </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">how wonderful you are</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"> Initiation Consecration</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"> brought down to my knees</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"> rising again</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"> again and again</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"> will of spiritual steel</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"> calling all angels</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"> hear me now</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"> let us fight this age old battle</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"> baptize me and sanctify me</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"> and call my spiritual name</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"> lift me and remember me</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"> as I walk this path of fire</span></span></span></div>
<br />The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-73179962727581396022013-05-14T08:35:00.000-04:002013-05-14T08:54:33.684-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">I grieve for the delicate child</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> born into an indelicate circumstance</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> how the gods smiled on me the day I was born</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> and blessed me</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> with a most beautiful mother</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> her eyes looked into mine</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> and mine into hers</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> and we were one</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> locked into a most beautiful dance</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> of give and take</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"> of love and remembrance</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"> what heavenly star shined on me</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"> allowing my mother to perceive the glow</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"> illuminating from her tiny daughter’s soul</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"> what spark of fate breathed me into this world</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"> and into my mother’s arms </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"> bestowing on us such a powerful recognition</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"> I can not claim to understand</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"> a blessing such as this</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"> but the imprint was indelibly made</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"> on this most delicate child</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"> when I heard and felt my mother say</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"> welcome</span></span></span></div>
<br />The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-677828699822455882013-05-01T12:43:00.000-04:002013-05-14T08:55:15.398-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">turn the ancient key </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">of power</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and step into </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the now</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">reawaken and reclaim</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the alchemical golden magic</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the power of love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and truth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">speak the ancient language</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">of the heart</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and call forth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the symbolic mystical application</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">forged by the heart, power and will</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">of the feminine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">pronounce it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and announce it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">feel it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">breathe it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and will it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">so be it</span></div>
The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-32287745263629264772013-04-20T11:25:00.000-04:002013-05-14T08:56:04.049-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I have been here before<br />I know this territory<br />it is bleak and dry and barren<br />I am alone<br />with my thoughts <br />and my fears<br />I toss and turn<br />on my bed of sorrows<br />all night long<br />the morning comes<br />and there is no reprieve<br />I am left with<br />nothing<br />but my will<br />and my faith<br />and it is more than enough</span></div>
<br />The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-81175026277370242672013-04-20T09:29:00.000-04:002013-05-14T08:59:08.110-04:00<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Fall into the mystery</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">unassuming</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">stand upon the edge</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and don't look back</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">wipe the tears shed for the old</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and take a deep breath</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and fall</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">eyes open wide</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">awakened</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">believing</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">knowing </span></span></div>
The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-71288113589266736022011-12-29T00:38:00.000-05:002013-04-20T11:33:36.660-04:00http://myemail.constantcontact.com/I-Believe.html?soid=1103595217924&aid=05DMl8_Vrnk<a href="http://myemail.constantcontact.com/I-Believe.html?soid=1103595217924&aid=05DMl8_Vrnk">http://myemail.constantcontact.com/I-Believe.html?soid=1103595217924&aid=05DMl8_Vrnk</a>The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-81003639990671184382011-12-16T10:47:00.023-05:002011-12-16T12:13:32.139-05:00For My Mother<span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: georgia;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSb_ApKd4vnR0mI4d78hXTj8CQgjJoSiAcwmknYfY7G4o50haDfi4_apUDRFC0tJylRBcjDSRHyTmoWL4oUYIvxBnNHZGnhj2RfbSM8_GEXY18rj9OYZhzG3LqWoOSfZq7dQo9CvZIFyEZ/s1600/Mom+and+Me.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSb_ApKd4vnR0mI4d78hXTj8CQgjJoSiAcwmknYfY7G4o50haDfi4_apUDRFC0tJylRBcjDSRHyTmoWL4oUYIvxBnNHZGnhj2RfbSM8_GEXY18rj9OYZhzG3LqWoOSfZq7dQo9CvZIFyEZ/s400/Mom+and+Me.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686753917683843026" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }</style> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Living without the physical presence of my mother is so strange and so lonely.<span style=""> </span>My mother’s will to live was so strong that against all odds she lived to be 90 years old.<span style=""> </span>As a child I thought I was the luckiest kid in the world.<span style=""> </span>I had the most magnificent mother. I was a very sensitive and very happy child.<span style=""> </span>I owe so much of my happiness to my mother who recognized my sensitivity, nurtured it and cherished it.<span style=""> </span>She always let me express my feelings and would lay on my bed for hours talking to me and guiding me making me feel that I was the most unique, extraordinary, special child in the world.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I am so thankful for the incredible love she gave to me and it is that love that sustained me through these last years with her, for the love was greater than any of the mental or physical challenges that she and I faced together. It is a beautiful circle of love that I felt and continued to feel that way about her all of her life.<span style=""> </span>We liked to say that we were a mutual admiration society.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">As my mother entered the fullness of her advanced years and her memory no longer served her, I felt honored and<span style=""> </span>privileged to do for her the many kind and loving things she had always done for me. We spent hours and hours talking as I now laid on her bed and the circle of love just continued.<span style=""> </span>I truly do not feel that words are adequate to describe her.<span style=""> </span>Her loving light was so bright that it is still shining and I will feel it sustaining me for the rest of my life.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">She adored every single one of us. <span style=""> </span>She cherished every moment spent with us. She had a love of life and an incredible capacity for enjoying the smallest of things, making her every day life sweet and happy and making everyone around her feel that way too.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">In her later years bit by bit her memory began to fade until she no longer remembered the family relationships, who went with who, or what their relationship was to her but she still could feel the love she felt for them and them for her and that is all that mattered.<span style=""> </span>She once told me she could feel the love I had for her pouring out of me.<span style=""> </span>She thankfully always remembered me and the incredible loving bond we had.<span style=""> </span>I remember saying to her “You can forget anything and everything Mommy, it doesn’t matter, but don’t ever forget me.” And she didn’t.<span style=""> </span>She was and is my sweetest and dearest inspiration.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Being a firsthand witness to her accelerating dementia was heartbreaking but also fascinating.<span style=""> </span>As her memory left her she gained a wisdom that was profound and enlightening.<span style=""> </span>She was I believe so close to Heaven that she was living in two worlds.<span style=""> </span>She was operating on pure feeling, without any rules, without any filters.<span style=""> </span>I found this to be quite a magnificent thing and I cherished the hours we spent together as she blessed me with her great pearls of wisdom. It was interesting to me to see how this stage in one’s life is perceived.<span style=""> </span>If you only allow yourself to see what it appears the person in this state is presenting<span style=""> </span>it is easy to treat them like a child.<span style=""> </span>It is wise to take the time and take a deeper look for the treasure that lies within is priceless beyond measure.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">It was amazing to me to see how people reacted to my mother as she unabashedly would tell them she loved them or that they were so beautiful.<span style=""> </span>Doctors and nurses especially fell madly in love with her.<span style=""> </span>We had a grand old time at all her appointments.<span style=""> </span>Her new Dr. took her at first to be just another elderly patient.<span style=""> </span>After a few visits however she won him over completely.<span style=""> </span>His delight upon seeing her and their hilarious banter back and forth was priceless.<span style=""> </span>I was always sorry that I did not have my video camera filming these exchanges.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">My mother’s sense of humor always kept me in stitches.<span style=""> </span>We laughed as much as we loved, which was the icing on the cake. And<span style=""> </span>just about everything reminded her of a song and as we all know she remembered every song ever written.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>I always told her she was like a living musical, and I adored that about her too. She had an enormous capacity for love and this is what I miss the most.<span style=""> </span>All of my life she showered this radiant love upon me and there is nothing in this world that can ever replace that.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">How perfect it has been that I breathed my first breath with my beautiful mother and she breathed her last breath with me. <span style=""> </span>I could feel her making her way home and I felt I was talking and guiding her to heaven.<span style=""> </span>It was so beautiful. I am honored to have been her daughter.<span style=""> </span>I am blessed forever by her incredible love. I thank God for all he has given.<span style=""> </span>I know that my mother is now at peace and that the rejoicing in heaven upon her arrival was just spectacular.<span style=""> </span>How lucky they are to have her and how wonderful and comforting that she is now home. As she gave us all a bit of heaven on earth through her shining light and love, I know that she is right where she belongs.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">To all who surrounded her and cared for her and for me during all her years and especially in her final weeks and days I am forever grateful. I love each and every one of you and will carry you all in my hearts forever. My mother gave of herself in every possible way.<span style=""> </span>What she gave to me can never be put into words, it remains in my heart forever. In many ways I am very much my mother but in her most extraordinary ways I can only try to emulate the magnificent example she was to me and to everyone.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I can only hope that a bit of my darling mother’s beautiful light is shining out through me.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I love you Mommy.<span style=""> </span>Thank you, thank you, thank you.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <span style="font-size:85%;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxspxoOM2t-6TxcTMu4WcExj9tqzAhkB1XGok1A4KxPYP0VUSV8OVluXSMA95EneSnxx9Assq4IMlzX9scOlA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span>The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-55707933843294310862011-10-21T13:19:00.004-04:002011-10-21T13:27:25.540-04:00For Our Beloved Animals<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYCBrQbaxBYQrO3q0UWTdyEWxYlPtta-3oTLLjR71TqTPpE8o9rUciZgHBdx4bepHRIiMr0upHNXyjqr3_fWoD7b3pJyIFYEJJxrokL9RU0Y05wQ2KHkvsKF-MrYyjpkQ3kWRVYbqdTl1/s1600/Lion.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYCBrQbaxBYQrO3q0UWTdyEWxYlPtta-3oTLLjR71TqTPpE8o9rUciZgHBdx4bepHRIiMr0upHNXyjqr3_fWoD7b3pJyIFYEJJxrokL9RU0Y05wQ2KHkvsKF-MrYyjpkQ3kWRVYbqdTl1/s400/Lion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665996858617702482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Witnessing that photo of the animals in Ohio breaks my heart. I can only hope that they gave their lives to shock our hearts into the remembrance that we are all one and that every life upon this planet is precious and irreplaceable. </span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Feel every animal upon the planet</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">connecting their hearts to one another and to you</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">feel the power in this gift magnificent</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">this oneness acknowledged, this memory of love</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">feel the energy of each and every species</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">from the mountains and valleys</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">from the desert and the sea</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">all merging together as each breath becomes one</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">as the breath of the lion becomes one with the dove</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"> as they dance in the sea, as they soar up above</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">as they move upon the earth emanating love</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">they come ever forward sending their message</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">from every corner of this bountiful earth</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">breathe in the wisdom of the animal kingdom</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">see and feel one universal heart</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">the heart of the kingdom ascending in love</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"> and the ascension shall be in the merging of hearts</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">and the kingdom shall bow and rise upon this truth</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">until every breath and heart unites</span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">and the kingdoms of heaven and earth become one</span></p>The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-11546320749819683352011-07-09T11:02:00.000-04:002011-07-09T11:02:46.241-04:00http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Divine-Messages.html?soid=1103595217924&aid=dXLtCkmgHwM<a href="http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Divine-Messages.html?soid=1103595217924&aid=dXLtCkmgHwM">http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Divine-Messages.html?soid=1103595217924&aid=dXLtCkmgHwM</a>The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-71907510575506167332010-12-31T14:22:00.002-05:002010-12-31T14:33:51.712-05:00Love and Letting Go<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgfxRq-zG7CEpMlHoEiD2ZCgWdgBRWPbw2J08t3BNlgu_8DzPgDiHqFN-OJkzpkDt0Aqxl5vzFZs7waIVQQyrO6WSmaIgK0PDx8WRddYQBYfMechsm-VG77nqtav0ae1hAPbWdWaCBfwP/s1600/Resurrection.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgfxRq-zG7CEpMlHoEiD2ZCgWdgBRWPbw2J08t3BNlgu_8DzPgDiHqFN-OJkzpkDt0Aqxl5vzFZs7waIVQQyrO6WSmaIgK0PDx8WRddYQBYfMechsm-VG77nqtav0ae1hAPbWdWaCBfwP/s400/Resurrection.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556929408711278146" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">As 2010 draws to a close I am pondering all the many things that have taken place in my life this past year. There have been joys beyond imagination and challenges unexpected and overwhelming. Through it all there has been one constant, love. I have always been surrounded by extraordinary love. By that I mean the kind of love that makes you feel extraordinary. I was born into this kind of love. I married this kind of love and gave birth to this love and I have always known how special and unusual this love is.<br /></div><br />I have flourished and grown in this love. I have been guided by this love, nurtured by this love and shown in a million different ways that I am not only deserving of this love but I am this love. It is who I was born to be. It is who we are all born to be. When you are loved it gives you the opportunity to receive love. When you receive love it gives you the opportunity to give love. Simple, isn't it? It should be simple.<br /><br />But we live in a world where love has been lost. It has been lost in every conceivable way. It has been covered in fear, withheld in anger, smothered in lies, breaking our hearts. I don't mean to focus on such things on the dawn of the New Year but this is what is on my mind. It is on my mind because of what I have learned in this year of joy and the falling away.<br /><br />In the spring I will celebrate my 40th wedding anniversary with the boy I met when I was seventeen. How absolutely fascinating that this is the year that we have awakened to remember the most basic and important thing there is. We are remembering it as if love itself is being reborn. We are remembering it from the hearts of two beings who have fallen in love all over again. Not that we have ever fallen out of love but this discovery is about not just knowing how important love is but living it, every living, breathing moment.<br /><br />In all our years together we have been through all the ups and downs that make up a marriage as you navigate your way through life, death, illness, money, work and parenting. This year however, as it has been for so many, has been the year of letting go. Letting go of an image of how and where and what our lives would be. Letting go of the dream you have been sold. Letting go of an illusion that is crumbling before all our eyes. Letting go of what you thought you had. Letting go of what you think you need. Letting go of it all.<br /><br />And in this incredible letting go, something magnificent and priceless has been found. The shedding of the old has breathed new life into our hearts and into our days. The breath we now take is fresh and new and filled with infinite possibilities. Fear and apprehension have been replaced by sweetness and appreciation, by joy and by grace. A day does not go by that we don't laugh with abandon. A moment is not lost that we do not honor and cherish.<br /><br />And this is what I have learned in the year of letting go...that trying to let go is not the same... as truly letting go. I have been trying to let go for years. Trying to let go of all kinds of things and let me tell you a secret, I didn't think I had it in me to truly let go, not even of some of the not so big things. But here I am letting go and finding a freedom I have never quite known.<br /><br />So the letting go takes me right back to love. For love is the foundation for letting go. And letting go is the doorway to freedom. And of course it is about love of self because we can never truly let go of anything until we love ourselves.<br /><br />Have I let go of all I need to let go of? I have not. But I have found what it feels like to truly let go of some really seemingly big things and all I can say is ... I wonder what took me so long.<br /><br />Wishing you love and the joy and freedom of letting go in this New Year and always.The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-23108156749940335282010-09-24T19:54:00.031-04:002011-07-08T23:31:27.703-04:00Autumn Equinox Message From the Manatees<div style="text-align: center;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.10" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs065/1103595217924/img/10.jpg" border="0" height="300" width="400" /><br /></span></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br />On the eve of the fall equinox they came, two huge magnificent beings of the sea. One raised just the top of her head slightly out of the water right next to me. It was shocking and frightening at first. I did not know what it could be. We backed slowly out of the water and tried to imagine what kind of creature could be swimming right next to me. Then we began to see two huge dark areas right next to us and something brushed against my leg. Now this was really quite frightening and unknown. We continued backing away. We were compelled however to try to see what it was we were encountering. Finally we realized there were two huge manatees doing everything they could to get our attention. </span> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">In a moment we went from fear to excitement and delight.<span> </span>We now called to them and invited them closer.<span> </span>One of them swam right up to us and raised her head out of the water.<span> </span>It was an incredible moment.<span> </span>She was beckoning us to engage with her and upon her invitation we spoke to her and gently touched her head. <span><br /></span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span></span></span> </p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">This encounter went on for a very long time.<span> </span>It was a merging of worlds, a communion of beings.<span> </span>It was magic.<span> </span>The dolphins had been with us since we arrived for our swim and now the manatees had joined the magnificent procession.<span> </span>These gigantic gentle beings sent out their energy of welcome and love. We felt deeply honored and filled with joy.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">They would swim a bit away and then surface with their heads together.<span> </span>They frolicked and raised their huge bodies and tails out of the water.<span> </span>We gasped with joy at each and every move they made.<span> </span>They were engaged in a beautiful dance of love and they allowed us to be a part of this incredible happening.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I felt that each and every part of this encounter was purposeful and knew they had come with a message.<span> </span>There was great meaning in all we were witnessing and they were determined to not only be seen but to be touched.<span> </span>I cannot begin to explain the feeling of this unexpected and unusual meeting and sharing.<span> </span>It was heart opening and brings tears to my eyes as I write this. </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I have always felt at one with the sea.<span> </span>One of the reasons I love it so is the knowing that I am swimming with all the beloveds of the sea and sharing in all those energies of love and freedom and wisdom.<span> </span>As the sun set and the moon rose on the eve of the fall equinox, and the manatees continued their dance, the dolphins glided gracefully by and the birds filled the sky. With deepest gratitude and love I share the message the beautiful manatees have come to give. </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-align: center;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span> <span style="font-size:130%;">Message From the Manatees</span></span></span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-align: center;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.9" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs065/1103595217924/img/9.jpg" border="0" height="275" width="400" /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We come to you with a message of love.<span> </span>We come to you with a message of thanks.<span> </span>We were directed by the Council of The Sea to join with you at this incredibly important and significant time.<span> </span>We recognize and honor the two who come to the sea with such deep connection and love.<span> </span>We have seen and felt your light.<span> </span>We invited you to the dance.<span> </span>We presented the unexpected and the unknown.<span> </span>You backed away for fear of what may be presenting itself from the depths of the unknown.<span> </span>Fear rose to the surface but deep in your hearts you felt the pull, for love and expansion, communion and transcendence were calling you home.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">You welcomed us.<span> </span>You stepped forward, out of fear and into the unknown.<span> </span>It was exhilarating and magical, for the power of an open heart shall always show the way out of fear and into the light.<span> </span>And conquering your fear shall lead you to an expansion of consciousness and communication with many more realms and beings of light.<span> </span>This shall continue to be part of your experience and transcendence.<span> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">A message of thanks goes out to your community for your waves of love and dedication to the sea.<span> </span>Your open hearts radiating healing light across the land and out into the sea, healing the waters with an alchemical dispersant of love.<span> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Your radiant heart lights, penetrating the crystal sands and merging with the power of the sun and creating the ultraviolet light of transformation.<span> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We feel you.<span> </span>We thank you.<span> </span>We love you. </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Our hearts and worlds merge as one, as in unity we communicate through this open dialogue of loving intention. </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">You felt our anguish.<span> </span>You answered the call.<span> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Council of The Sea issued a proclamation that more and more shall these loving encounters take place.<span> </span>More and more shall we feel one another and remember one another.<span> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The opening of The Universal Heart has been magnified by your own heart light, your transcendent crystal sands and the mighty power of the heart of the sun.<span> </span>For in unity we have come together, those of the land and those of the sea.<span> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">All forms of water beings, from the depths of the sea, from the springs and the lakes, from the rivers and streams call forth that balance be returned to the earth.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We come with this message of balance as the balance of the fall equinox is upon us.<span> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We come with this message of unity and thanks as we wish to acknowledge all that is being done in the name or restoring balance to the earth.<span> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">As your healing thoughts and prayers and ceremonies have created the alchemy to heal and balance the waters, we wish to acknowledge that major shifts are occurring not only in the sea but everywhere.<span> </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">May the healing waters and the beloveds of the sea nurture you as you have nurtured us through these unsettling days and may you know that what you do is transforming<span> </span>and transcending all. </span></p><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span>The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-78526360945133163882010-07-29T10:51:00.022-04:002011-07-08T23:42:58.363-04:00On Becoming A Grandmother<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: times new roman;" 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came to me from across the world.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">She came on the breath of a prayer.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">She came through the love we had for her from the moment we knew she was to be ours.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">She came through the faith in this knowing that no matter how long and difficult the journey, she would one day be home and fall into the arms of a family that loves her beyond all measure.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">How can I describe this incredible experience?</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">How can I explain a love that has expanded our hearts and our lives beyond anything we ever could have imagined?</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">This blessing, this merging of hearts and lives is heaven sent and is in the truest sense the meaning of oneness.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">This babe, from a world far away, this magnificent child, has awakened this family to much that has been sleeping.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">For asleep in some ways we all are, until the universe provides us with an experience that takes us beyond anything we ever knew.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It is precisely this kind of golden opportunity that awakens us to the true meaning of life.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">This love has no name.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">This love has no color.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">This love has no place.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">This love is infinite in nature and is that which has created the universe.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It is the Alpha and the Omega.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It is beyond time and space.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It is the origin of all, pure and natural and vibrating with a kind of joy that is found only in this unique and incredible kind of experience.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">I am an open and loving being.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">I love with all my heart and soul, and yet I am amazed and thrilled by the power of my love for this child.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">I am humbled and</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">awakened.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">I am filled with her embrace and anointed by her kiss.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">I am lifted by her laughter and reborn through her beautiful eyes.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Yes, this is a miracle.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It is the miracle of love.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It is the kind of love that unifies and magnifies.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It is the kind of love that takes you beyond anything and everything you ever dreamed.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">This is the love that we have forgotten.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">This is the love that ends all separation.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">This is the love that if each and every person upon this planet could feel, it would end all war.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">
<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">I am thankful to be lifted by this love, to be guided by this love, and to be one with this love. I wish that the remembrance of this love would enter each and every heart, for I know that only then, will the true meaning and feeling of oneness and peace ever return to earth. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >
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<br />The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-79921854464965150262010-07-09T10:45:00.029-04:002011-07-09T00:42:52.653-04:00The New Earth<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KMexuUoDDyszAu2vmSqAVjiKzgrNwBgyscB4NbPwKsv-SFJopbRlkN9Q98-r2wa8gxyX6Pw96MRzxCW6-XaFbdh6aIzNJzQ71bH48_F_Sc1mQw_ukW1jC4zH1cbT5H-2IgC6YNnckg37/s1600/peter's+earth.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KMexuUoDDyszAu2vmSqAVjiKzgrNwBgyscB4NbPwKsv-SFJopbRlkN9Q98-r2wa8gxyX6Pw96MRzxCW6-XaFbdh6aIzNJzQ71bH48_F_Sc1mQw_ukW1jC4zH1cbT5H-2IgC6YNnckg37/s400/peter's+earth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491917806378081746" border="0" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KMexuUoDDyszAu2vmSqAVjiKzgrNwBgyscB4NbPwKsv-SFJopbRlkN9Q98-r2wa8gxyX6Pw96MRzxCW6-XaFbdh6aIzNJzQ71bH48_F_Sc1mQw_ukW1jC4zH1cbT5H-2IgC6YNnckg37/s1600/peter's+earth.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">artist Peter Christiansen</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><div style="text-align: center;font-family:times new roman;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">In a world divided we come together<br />heart to heart and hand to hand </span></span></span></div> </span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">breathing in the divine emanation </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">of love and faith and peace everlasting</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">filling our hearts with this heavenly love </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">and breathing our intention </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">upon our land and her people </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">breathing it out to every tree and every rock </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">to every body of water to every bird and every bee</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">blessing ourselves and our brothers and our sisters </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">expanding our intention beyond illusionary boundaries </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">riding the waves of our multidimensionality </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">opening our hearts to our sovereignty and divinity </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">illuminating all that has been hidden and forgotten </span></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">and emerging as one in the light of the new earth </span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div></div></div>The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-57037800776958271162010-07-09T10:38:00.018-04:002011-07-09T00:44:32.263-04:00The Garden<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8w8tV2LQM1EUsPe6XDg4_OODrzi6vGbFr3FhH6Vgjp7pCWOL5Ou6TCDbDO3Azsf675_2BolHclDm8BSSDFEpfKIKZqs8s4u6vxFLaIylRK9gSLuEAeOkTzq-Z5eVsZz950rZmlCQZyG8J/s1600/mount-3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8w8tV2LQM1EUsPe6XDg4_OODrzi6vGbFr3FhH6Vgjp7pCWOL5Ou6TCDbDO3Azsf675_2BolHclDm8BSSDFEpfKIKZqs8s4u6vxFLaIylRK9gSLuEAeOkTzq-Z5eVsZz950rZmlCQZyG8J/s400/mount-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491915934676516178" border="0" /></a> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">When we were in the Garden</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"> we bowed to one another </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">and made a sacred vow </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">that somewhere out of time </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">our hearts would send a golden light </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">and we would then awaken </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">to the memory of the Garden </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">and the vow that once was taken </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">and hand in hand we'd find our way</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"> on this golden light of love </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">and bow once again in circles of heaven </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><span><span class="Apple-style-span">to the memory of the Garden</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:13pt;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-30968644029138428172010-07-09T10:17:00.011-04:002011-07-09T00:07:41.344-04:00Oh Heavenly Star<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dVF2RmVed-XD1-k9a5kPdSMzPCnDV8q66VkxrsG1MtA7Bvkr19dtIJO2u4VQLw6qD0j3MlpCeTa9JsG9JBvTx7CCB9TZLym3IFuj8h0YlMeG5Rvsn9yZgZT-GV6zaJSBT2XfpeDKoF6f/s1600/BSTAR-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dVF2RmVed-XD1-k9a5kPdSMzPCnDV8q66VkxrsG1MtA7Bvkr19dtIJO2u4VQLw6qD0j3MlpCeTa9JsG9JBvTx7CCB9TZLym3IFuj8h0YlMeG5Rvsn9yZgZT-GV6zaJSBT2XfpeDKoF6f/s400/BSTAR-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491915032934483810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHgnZbc6VevJGjiRFoy2Wj9LrDeBlGapu95_-KBookPjlJQ87QUFlBlib78Bij-A3XTH0cevgYUNEBTzLgYgDH6soxAT_MrmkpNqA7MTscQjNLug4YNkdRFH22dCdiz8IBjlYGtOn_XC9l/s1600/BSTAR-1.jpg"></a><span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Oh heavenly star</span></span></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: lucida grande;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> guiding light </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: lucida grande;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> of love and hope </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: lucida grande;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">light my path </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: lucida grande;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> and guide my way</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: lucida grande;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> illuminate my heart </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: lucida grande;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">and magnify my soul </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: lucida grande;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">may I serve humanity </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: lucida grande;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">and offer myself </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: lucida grande;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">through the heart of love </span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: lucida grande;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">and the grace of Heaven</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"></p> <!--EndFragment--> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div></div>The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-85525440377233332010-07-09T09:43:00.017-04:002011-07-09T00:28:14.635-04:00I Have Chosen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiB35T48yt4FjNd9nEKTov4Riulak5HIRu8WvHkP_RzELiZuh7U5PJAFEyjXRv0mDiWr7Tf5lF4ZNznGzQAkuPYX_ocYAUUvFxQICbJkNExHqy6TXGtMD-Ya3ICkkv8HJ6YeH42ai8374s/s1600/Sally's+Woman.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiB35T48yt4FjNd9nEKTov4Riulak5HIRu8WvHkP_RzELiZuh7U5PJAFEyjXRv0mDiWr7Tf5lF4ZNznGzQAkuPYX_ocYAUUvFxQICbJkNExHqy6TXGtMD-Ya3ICkkv8HJ6YeH42ai8374s/s400/Sally's+Woman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491901808452734610" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);"> </span></i></span></span><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i></i></span></span></p><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);"></span></i></span></div></span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">artist Sally Mergenthaler</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I have chosen</span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">to stand in my power</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I have chosen</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">to speak out and sing</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">the song of my birth</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">the song of my destiny</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">the song that connects me</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">to every living thing</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I am awakening</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I am emerging</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">powerful woman</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">as strong as the sea</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">see me shining </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> see me most radiant </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">for I have chosen </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> to remember and be </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">powerful and glorious </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> knowing and compassionate </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">woman reborn<br />in my choice to be free<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;" class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"> <!--EndFragment--> </div></div>The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-56965643720819183722010-06-29T12:30:00.001-04:002010-06-29T12:35:27.607-04:00Prayer Offering For The Gulf of Mexico<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQsnPFs6h-Gmhl7CBcSLVOypOgz2vud8NPyKIBRCpKNcqXl0DHKiBMEA6-4xY9x7UmwXFdBSdGtchbYGObu9eqatBPav5bGbq-7VVveC0QiOAUdQnyuhr-gLQ0EwI_fn3L19_n2xG7smE/s1600/gulf+heart.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQsnPFs6h-Gmhl7CBcSLVOypOgz2vud8NPyKIBRCpKNcqXl0DHKiBMEA6-4xY9x7UmwXFdBSdGtchbYGObu9eqatBPav5bGbq-7VVveC0QiOAUdQnyuhr-gLQ0EwI_fn3L19_n2xG7smE/s320/gulf+heart.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488233935380053330" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">pass through the sea of uncertainty</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">ride the waves so stormy onto a new shore</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">for there the wind shall ease and the sun shall shine</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">and the birds shall sing a magnificent new song</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">and the heart of love shall be one with the earth</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">and the song in each heart shall harmonize sweetly</span></span></i></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">with the song of your destiny</span></span></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">offer up each small impatience</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">offer up each wound and heartbreak</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">offer up your love unending</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">offer up your soul expanding</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">offer truth uncompromising</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">offer your light infinite and shining</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">offer all you have to give</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">offer all</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Amen</span></span></i></span></div></div>The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-49750216542175658462010-06-27T23:23:00.016-04:002011-07-09T00:37:47.314-04:00Love One Another<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6m1QJNDhGIHwbcdaouHz4Hl6fRuwyg6XWeVQ9eya6ZW_zHJ_El4j3lgIce4bNDMl2eX2McmNWF-xRqj_xENc3BWUESU2popu54nc_erXlQPUg4bIcgFARMbUfNsLjAHOvMD24q4i9C-h/s1600/love+one+another.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6m1QJNDhGIHwbcdaouHz4Hl6fRuwyg6XWeVQ9eya6ZW_zHJ_El4j3lgIce4bNDMl2eX2McmNWF-xRqj_xENc3BWUESU2popu54nc_erXlQPUg4bIcgFARMbUfNsLjAHOvMD24q4i9C-h/s320/love+one+another.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487660197435518802" border="0" /></a><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span">As things seem to be becoming more and more dire on the planet, the veils continue to be lifted. For many months I was in a period of quiet. Many people have been experiencing this, an almost eery quiet from the heavenly realms as the noise and clamor of the physical world seemed to be drowning out all else. Many have felt lost, set adrift and wondering if we have the strength to keep going. I have realized something beautiful during all this. When all seems to fall away and we feel shaky and uncertain there seems to be a catalyst to connecting me back to the inner knowing, to the voices of heaven, to the infinite love that is still vibrating and illuminating each and every one of us.</span></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span">I have realized that time and again this inner knowing, this voice, the voice of my higher self and all the beloved beings who surround me, awakens once again when another is in need of spiritual encouragement. The catalyst that opens this magnificent spiritual world back to me again is LOVE. It is love and the communion of two beings, heart to heart. When I was in the quiet and going through a particularly stressful event, I was unable to see the "higher view". A dear friend came forward and shared with me the spiritual encouragement and higher view that I was unable to see for myself. In an instant this loving exchange lifted me and reminded me that all is in perfect divine order.</span></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span">Soon after I was given the opportunity to do this same thing for someone else and this is when the veil lifted and the higher view came streaming in. And so it goes....one loving exchange leading to another and another....</span></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span">As we all continue on through this most challenging time on earth there is one thing and one thing only that will lead us out of the darkness and into the light. It is LOVE. Love for one another, love for the earth, love for her waters, for every living being... true love, true compassion and the overwhelming understanding and knowing that WE ARE ONE. The power of our love, the power of our humility, the power of our pure intent, the power of stepping out of our chaotic lives and into the hearts of every living being upon this planet is that which shall lift the veil forever. Of this I am sure.</span></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span">May we share our hearts, our inner knowing and our love with one another in any and every way that we can. For one simple loving exchange, heart to heart, has the power to change the world.</span></span></span></div>The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-69028219578330545302010-06-25T09:46:00.017-04:002011-07-09T00:51:00.560-04:00Call of The Dolphins and The Whales<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj609icXc3Fo4E3eW6LQb03vSCKDoKG8iTH7BXB0Z7EM8euiNeLXo-NOO4qs7w_AD6VIakcgEqaKvFQBp5O6aiiCeGHrVMbfy496NpmZM4GZvuORrxqMLnibYKNTZmsiy2WZLjnjL4W76E_/s1600/peter's+dolphin+heart.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" 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{size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> artist Peter Christiansen</span></span><i style="font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /></span></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><o:p><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></i></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" >Freedom dwells only in equality.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" >Those who exist in the sea emanate a loving vibration of freedom, their purpose to imbue us with the joy and exultation that freedom brings.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" >Our hearts leap with joy as we bear witness to their majesty.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" >Our souls remember what joy is found in unbridled playfulness.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >There is spiritual nourishment where the sea and sky meet.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >There is magic where the sea and sky meet and the majestic ones play.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >There is hope and wisdom riding on their backs.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >There is honor and nobility in their eyes.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >There is love of family as they glide side by side, all elements of nature harmoniously existing and serving humanity.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >As we move through this most crucial time, these keepers of light and knowledge call to us, sing to us, blessing us with all that they are.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >They are calling us home.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >They are awakening our hearts.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >They speak the language of universal love.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >They ride the waves of multidimensionality.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >They beckon us to remember we are one heart, one world, one magnificent creation, born to remember love.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >They are ever so joyfully willing to commune with us, connecting our hearts to the sea and the sky and to each one of them.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" > </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >They are aiding us in ways that are beyond our comprehension at this time.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" >They call us forth now to meditate upon the sea, the sky, the sun and the moon, to breathe in the stars of heaven and to merge with our ancient and wise brothers and sisters of the sea as humanity strives to restore balance on earth.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /></span>The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-30644368880269630362010-03-25T14:38:00.016-04:002010-06-29T12:37:19.378-04:00My Sisters and Me<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOn_FuXMB-lJ3k5ccKA4gXhaoy_GTU4UuBgE79EPMgMTnB707qBuBsEfhBMzFKki1LmHzOy15kpfDb3oct0Rlzr_B3-YhsqiwYMbeb8VT4rnA6yZYZ9ZsKnf1mZyZ68V6wtuLgxK393sMD/s1600/mp12.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOn_FuXMB-lJ3k5ccKA4gXhaoy_GTU4UuBgE79EPMgMTnB707qBuBsEfhBMzFKki1LmHzOy15kpfDb3oct0Rlzr_B3-YhsqiwYMbeb8VT4rnA6yZYZ9ZsKnf1mZyZ68V6wtuLgxK393sMD/s400/mp12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452642960355604466" border="0" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(77, 38, 153);font-family:verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Mara Berendt Friedman <a href="http://www.newmoonvisions.com/">www.newmoonvisions.com</a></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">releasing the past</span></span></i></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">honoring the present</span></span></i></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">yearning to see</span></span></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">what the future may bring</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">joined together</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">by a vow most holy</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">forged long ago</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and meant to be</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">a unifying bond</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">of truth and remembrance</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">beacons of light</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">on a stormy sea</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">hand in hand</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">we step ever forward</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">heart to heart</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">we learn to speak</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">soul to soul</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">we encourage and enlighten</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ascending in love</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">my sisters and me</span></span></i></span></div></span></i></span></span>The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-27212991070477869582009-10-23T11:01:00.037-04:002010-06-28T23:13:45.261-04:00The Fall<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">The fall can be hard and seemingly endless</span></i></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">and the fear shall try to win you and take you</span></i></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">it's voice so loud it is all you can hear</span></i></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">but the soul is constantly whispering softly</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">and heaven is always ever so near</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></i></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">breathe with the wind and smile at the moon</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">flow like the sea and rise like the sun</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">for the natural world shall support you and comfort you</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">through every illusion and trial that you fear</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">breathe in the essence of the natural world</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">breathe in the flowers the birds and the trees</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">breathe in the memory of all that you are</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">divine and beautiful powerful and knowing</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">you are more than your body</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">you are more than your fear</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">you are shining and strong</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">you are your own force of nature<br /><br />working in harmony with heaven and earth</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">living and breathing your true divine nature</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">emanating truth, power and freedom</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">radiating love, wisdom and compassion</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times; min-height: 16.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">fall out of fear and into your heart</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">breathing in all the love that surrounds you</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">fall into love, fall into truth</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">breathe yourself up beyond all illusion</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">breathe yourself back into remembrance</span></i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">that all is divine and love conquers all</span></i></span></span></p>The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-15109812477622704892009-09-23T14:17:00.016-04:002011-07-09T00:54:37.361-04:00Today I Am Pondering The Fragility of Life<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Today I am pondering the fragility of life.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">It feels to me as if more and more people are passing, one right after another.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Just in the past week a friend’s mother was struck by a drunk driver while taking her morning walk. Little did she know that she would put on her sneakers that morning, walk out the door and never return home. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The cook that has worked in the kitchen where my mother lives for over ten years fell with a massive heart attack.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">He had no idea there was a thing wrong with him.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">These kinds of sudden unexpected deaths are so shocking and traumatic. It makes you stop and realize that at any moment your life could be over, no warning, just suddenly over and for a time you put things into the perspective that they always truly belong in.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">What is it that matters?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">What kinds of things do you spend your time worrying about?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Will any of it matter at all in the end?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">It is so perfectly clear at times like this.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Nothing much really matters and yet everything matters.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Nothing much, like the bills you agonize over. Nothing much, like who said what to hurt your feelings. Nothing much, like you feel overworked and under appreciated. Nothing much, like what you wish you had or didn’t have.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Nothing much really matters.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">And yet everything matters.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Everything you do matters, everything you say matters, everything you think matters.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">How much you allow yourself to love matters. How much you allow yourself to be loved matters.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Who you let in and who you keep out matters.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Gratitude matters. Kindness and gentleness and tolerance matters. Generosity, forgiveness and open mindedness matters. Hope and courage and truth and integrity matters. Prayerfulness and mindfulness and the oneness of all matters and on and on and on...</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Today I am pondering what doesn’t matter and today I am pondering what matters. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Today I am sending prayers for all those passing and all who remain. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;" class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Today I am pondering the fragility of life.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times,serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span>The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221978476763404260.post-4301087947656165502009-08-26T10:32:00.012-04:002010-09-25T21:39:07.933-04:00The Teeth<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The elevator doors open onto the second floor and I see the usual, the women, my mother who is now 88, and her friends, sitting in their usual spots in the seating area right off the elevator.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Something immediately strikes me as odd. Odd however, is just another word for normal on the second floor.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">My mother greets me with her usual excited outburst of pure joy, throwing her arms out towards me and shouting my name over and over “Gailie! Gailie!"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Oh my, as I greet my mother I am just beginning to allow the shock to enter my system.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I have grown accustomed to arriving on the second floor for The Assisted Living and finding all kinds of what I used to feel were unexpected surprises.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Now the variety and style of surprises have just become routine and not much throws me anymore, except for tonight.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">My mother continues to grin at me broadly. I am taken completely back by the peculiar look of her smile.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">What is happening here?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I can’t seem to grasp exactly what is wrong with this picture even though at some level I am becoming quite sure.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Time seems to have come to a complete stop in my world as I stare at my mother in complete disbelief.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Oh yes, as I force myself to get a grip of this bizarre smile on my mother’s face, I have to come to grips with the undeniable fact that she is wearing someone else’s teeth!</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">In retrospect now it all seems rather hilarious but at the time it felt more horrifying than funny.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">A million thoughts were racing through my mind.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Where did she get these teeth?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Whose teeth are they?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Where are her teeth?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Of course my mother was in blissful unawareness that she looked like a completely different person and that these teeth did not by any stretch of the imagination fit into her mouth.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">There would be no answers coming from my mother as she has lost the ability to remember what took place just a moment ago.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I did manage to get her back into her room and find her own teeth right where they always are.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">To this day the mystery of the strange set of teeth has not been solved.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: times new roman;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">After washing her face and tucking her into bed we talk for a bit.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">She asks me if she was a good mother.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I tell her she is the best. I ask her if she remembers Daddy, my father.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">She looks off into space with a blank look that has become so familiar, and says she is sorry, she cannot remember. I kiss her and tell her it is ok. I look at her and my eyes fill with tears.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">There are no words, no memories, no tangible thing to explain what goes on here between mother and daughter.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">It is as vast as the universe, as deep as the sea and it is the most precious thing I have ever known.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;" class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I kiss her again and I say “Happy dreams Mommy” and I shut her door and start down the hall.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;" class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;" class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Floyd, who is in his nineties is walking a bit ahead of me all dressed and looking rather spiffy.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;" class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;" class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I can’t help but notice his eyebrows which he has drawn on with a blue ballpoint pen. He turns to me and says “Good Morning.” It is 10pm and he is on his way to breakfast.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->The Heart of Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896593894788907260noreply@blogger.com2